Subject: Re: HELP! 1.1 and Sun 3/50
To: None <gwr@mc.com>
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill@ionet.net>
List: port-sun3
Date: 02/06/1996 10:32:45
> > Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 21:03:32 -0600
> > From: Bill Bradford <mrbill@ionet.net>
> > After getting my 1.1 boot and install tapes in the mail today, I sat down
> > and attempted.
> > (BTW, thanks, Gordon, for the tapes!)  However . . . 
> > Does 1.1 require that you have a FPU in the 3/50?  At the point where I
> > should get a
> > prompt so I can partition the drive, etc, I get a "pid 3 killed: no fp
> > support", or something
> > to that effect.  At boot time, it shows "fp0: (emulator)".
> It might be easiest to find an mc68881 and plug it in.
> Gordon

Until I can get such a beast of a chip, any other ideas that might get
it working?  Does 1.1 *require* a fp chip, or did I just get a funky
3/50?    arrrggghhhh . . <grin>

Bill Bradford
mrbill@ionet.net